July 19 - 24

That's 5 days, not including today, which isn't over yet and should not be counted. According to the theory about the 10 minutes of walking, 3 x a day, I should have lost  up to 10 lbs, in that time, without further exercise or dieting.

According to the scale in the bathroom, I may have lost 5 lbs. I say may, because, while I think the scale is measuring accurately, it is a little hard for me to see the lines and it only gives the big numbers every 20 lbs. So, I know, for instance, that I did not lose 15 lbs. Apparently, I did lose some weight, though, and, it looked like 5 lbs. to me.

I did finish my workouts for yesterday, and drinking the sea salt water. Also went to a buffet restaurant, sometime in between start and finish. My eating habits, for this month, have not been so good. But, then, I ran out of food stamps on the first day and then a lot of my fruits, vegetables and the flour tortillas went bad, ultra quick; and, my son's friend kindly ate some of the tomatoes and all of the cans of ravioli. (sigh)

Yes, I know that ravioli is not health food, persay; but, I was going to combine it with zucchini and onion, or other good-for-me delights! It would have been lovely!

This morning, feeling as if I did not digest a darned thing from last night, I decided not to take the baking soda. I mixed the sea salt and apple cider vinegar. Now, there's a treat I can recommend missing! Anyway, the point is: yuck! No, wait ... the point is: I think the baking soda is screwing up my stomach acid and that I don't have enough to spare.

I don't know that it is true, but, it sorts of feels like it is. So, I think I may just start adding ACV into tea and sipping it throughout the day. It is much better in tea or in actual cooking than any other way I have tried to imbibe it.

Also, I did my first 10 minute "walk".

By the way, in case you were wondering, if I did lose 5 lbs., and not 10, as appears to be the case, I  do not consider it either a disappointment or failure. If I went back and read the article, I am amost certain it would say "up to 2 lbs." for one thing. For another thing, even if I was guaranteed to lose 2 lbs a day and I only lost 1 lb. a day, that's still me being 5 lbs. lighter. And, who knows? I could have gained 5 lbs. of muscle.

I was looking at my reflection in the mirror, at my sister's house, and I can definitely see a difference in my profile. I guess it's mostly due to being more toned up (if the scale is correct). Also noticed that my hips felt less stiff and I could open my legs more "flat to the floor", except, when I was laying down and the "floor" was an ottoman. Still, normally, I could do no such thing, so, yaye!

I did finish my exercises and I drank both sea salt things. I also put 1 tbsp. of ACV in some tea and sipped a little of it, but, have not finished it, yet. I will, though.